Commissioner Sir Richard Beach, Chatham. Reports on the Boatswain of the Royal Oak....

Commissioner Sir Richard Beach, Chatham. Reports on the Boatswain of the Royal Oak. He neglected his duty and Captain Thomas Page reported that he did not take his turn at the watch. He promised to be more diligent but did not improve and came into the yard drunk with a cudgel in his hand and was then suspended. The Board ordered him to be re-entered but there was no order for him to be paid wages for the period he was suspended. He had no knowledge of his present journey to London and is very capricious, especially when he has been drinking.